Tag Archives: Faith

We started this summer with great dreams of down time and travel and recreation. And now, summer is quickly ticking toward fall. And those great dreams have yet to find legs. Competing work schedules,...

Ever have a rough day and just need a good ol' dose of Scripture? Yeah, me too. I put these together for those hard days. Those mom days that you're not sure you can get through (I'm having one of tho...

Our oldest two children went straight from high school to university. This is, of course, what most students do. Students taking a gap year, however, is becoming more and more common. Gap years are ac...

Bona Fide. It's a Latin phrase. We take it to mean real, authentic, genuine. A bona fide antique. A bona fide painting. A bona fide diamond. But that's not actually the meaning of those two Latin word...

Have you ever found yourself in serious spiritual dry spell? I sure have. In fact, I was just in one. Months went by of me reading my bible but without engaging with what I was reading. I would pray o...

A post showed up on my Facebook feed the other day. It was posted by a friend of a friend and it said: "If I hear "Thoughts and prayers" one more time, I'm going to scream!!!" I don't know what sorrow...

Imagine strolling along a country road on a cool evening with your daughter. The sun warms your back and a brook zigzags along beside you. Your conversation is easy and you both wear contented smiles....

"Oh no, let ME make dinner since you are SO much more exhausted than I am!" "Thank you for throwing your dirty clothes on the floor next to the hamper, I really appreciate it." Passive-Aggressive: "a ...

“There is a time for everything,     and a season for every activity under the heavens: 2     a time to be born and a time to die,  &...

Obedience. That word tends to strike fear and discomfort in the hearts of both children and adults alike. It is one carrying the message of 'Something you HAVE to do, but you aren't going t...